Arrest in Greek border spud theft

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - The farmer had to stay up at night to guard his field, and get help from police, but he's finally stopped the foreign marauders who were stealing his potatoes.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - The farmer had to stay up at night to guard his field, and get help from police, but he's finally stopped the foreign marauders who were stealing his potatoes.

Five men and four women from neighboring Bulgaria were arrested early Sunday while digging up and loading 1,760 pounds of potatoes into a van in Ochyro, a village in northern Greece near the Bulgarian border, police say.

The farmer got help from police and border guards after he lost 15.3 tons of potatoes the previous week.

More than 200 empty potato sacks were found in the van.

Police are now looking for other thieves in the region - those targeting olive groves.

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